Children's Week 2009 (May 1 - May 7) - Quest Guide + Information!

Seldom in the World of Warcraft do we think that war is at hand, and for every fallen hero, there are a hundred commoners and civilians slain by beasts, agents of the Scourge, agents of the Old Gods, or even members of the opposite faction! In days like this, we, the heroes of Azeroth should take a bit of extra responsibility and do something beyond holding the monsters at bay, beyond slaughtering them, or restoring the health of our troops: we should take care of the numberless orphans left in the wake of this war.

Children's Week is upon us! A week in which we brave face a challenge greater than any undead monstrosity, a task more daunting than saving the world. We must become parents for all those orphans throughout Azeroth and make sure they are happy. We can't tank a child's fears, we can't heal its memories of pain, nor can we DPS the sorrow out of them. So equip your toys, make a mage conjure a candy table, fill your quiver with joy, load your gun with something colorful, and venture into the World of Parenting!

(Yes, the intro did come out as dramatic as you said it was, ArgentSun, but thanks so much for it! <3)

Children's Week begins on Friday, May 1st at 12:01 AM (server) and ends on Thursday, May 7th at 11:59 PM.

Table of Contents

Horde Quests

There are two orphans that Horde players can adopt during Children's Week, each with different quests. You can adopt both orphans (at the same time, even) and complete both quest chains and obtain two cute pets per year!

Or, if you hate pets, you can opt to select the Откупные для скряги, which contains a measly . This quest awards at 80 and 500 Horde Reputation! You will have the option to complete this quest again next year, so you can eventually collect all of the pets!

Путешествие к Темному порталуFor this quest, bring your Orphan to the Stair of Destiny before the Dark Portal, in Hellfire Peninsula. Speak to your orphan once the quest objective has completed to turn in this quest. This quest awards at 80 and 250 Lower City Reputation.

Upon completion of all three of these quests, two new quests will become available:

Когда я вырасту...For this quest, take your Orphan to see The Tauren Chieftians, located up on a balcony at the Walk of Elders, in Silvermoon City. This quest awards at 80 and 250 Lower City Reputation.

You will have the option to complete this quest again next year, so you can eventually collect all of the pets! This quest awards at 80 and 500 Lower City Reputation.

Alliance Quests

There are two orphans that Alliance players can adopt during Children's Week, each with different quests. You can adopt both orphans (at the same time, even) and complete both quest chains and obtain two cute pets per year!

Or, if you hate pets, you can opt to select the Откупные для скряги, which contains a measly . This quest awards at 80 and 500 Alliance Reputation! You will have the option to complete this quest again next year, so you can eventually collect all of the pets!

Путешествие к Темному порталуFor this quest, bring your Orphan to the Stair of Destiny before the Dark Portal, in Hellfire Peninsula. Speak to your orphan once the quest objective has completed to turn in this quest. This quest awards at 80 and 250 Lower City Reputation.

Upon completion of all three of these quests, two new quests will become available:

Aw, Isn't It Cute?For this achievement, simply complete one of the Orphan quest chains (as detailed above) and obtain a cute pet! Any pet will count towards this achievement, and you may already have it if you've compeleted Children's Week quest chain in the past.

Bad ExampleFor this achievement, you must eat each of the delicious (and unhealthy) foods listed while your Orphan is out:

Daily ChoresFor this achievement, simply complete any five daily quests while your Orphan is out. Yes, I know that's not what it says in-game at the moment but I promise that's all you have to do.

Hail To The King, BabyFor this achievement, head out to Utgarde Pinnacle and defeat King Ymiron with your Orphan out. This achivement can be completed with either Orphan out, and both Normal and Heroic difficulty.

Veteran NannyFor this achievement, you must obtain all three of the Shattrath City non-combat pets on one character. This achievement is not required for the meta achievement For the Children, thankfully, as it takes three years of Children's Week questing to complete.

Комментарии

Комментарий от Eluneril

on 2009-05-01T14:27:44-05:00

Second.... Grumble Grumble Apparently, I'm first now ^.^

Anyways, great guide, as ever! Thanks for putting so much effort into all these seasonal guides :D

And might I add that Egbert is possibly the cutest pet in the entire world ever <3 But then there's Sleeping Willy.... And Speedy... And Peanut... And the pig.... Um.... I don't know which one to choose D:

Комментарий от laseven

on 2009-05-01T14:30:59-05:00

Fabulous work, as always. This is, as every time, my first reference for Holiday events.

Комментарий от Drealt

on 2009-05-01T14:32:28-05:00

I love how you call them with a whistle

Nice guid as always

Комментарий от ArgentSun

on 2009-05-01T14:40:57-05:00

*blush*

I love this event. The idea of taking an orphan to a few nice places is just too nice for me to pass by :)

Комментарий от Doofman

on 2009-05-01T14:51:39-05:00

Daily Chores supposedly has been hotfixed to require ANY 5 dailies completed (ie turned in) while your Orphan is active. This removes the "5 consecutive days" requirement even though the achievement text won't be fixed until the next client patch.

Комментарий от Tzipora

Комментарий от Xukimonde

Great guide! School of Hard Knocks is going to cause a bit of trouble, I imagine, but I'm looking forward to something (anything) not egg gathering.

Комментарий от Kokiron

on 2009-05-01T15:10:52-05:00

fail @ no northrend orphan :( I wanted my baby wolvar

Комментарий от Solorah

on 2009-05-01T15:12:25-05:00

is it possible to change orphans, for example from human to dranai, after youve already got a human?

Комментарий от Stephon123

on 2009-05-01T15:12:58-05:00

Sweet thanx i got this in 1 day :D

Комментарий от DjMouseman

on 2009-05-01T15:19:53-05:00

There is a tiny error on this page, namely: "This achievement awards the player title 'the Matron' or 'the Patron' (depending on character gender) and is a requirement". You will get a title "Matron" or "Patron" (so Matron (fem name) or Patron (male name).

Home Alone seemed a bit bugged earlier today on EU servers, and as mentioned in the guide, so is Daily Chorus.

Other then that, sweet guide :).

Btw, if you change gender (atleast, it happend to my char in Dun Niffelem) it swaps title to. My char went from Patron to Matron because i changed to a female char. Not sure if it works with Deviate fish or Noggenfogger if you are female (because they turn you male).

Комментарий от Solorah

on 2009-05-01T15:23:23-05:00

i found that you can carry both the human and dranai orphan at the same time

Комментарий от DarkRoland

on 2009-05-01T15:44:03-05:00

sweet...but i wish this year they added northrend orphans too.

Комментарий от Vikkturr

on 2009-05-01T15:48:09-05:00

The BG achievements are going to be hell...

Комментарий от Skarklash

on 2009-05-01T15:52:07-05:00

So for "School of Hard Knocks" do you personally have to complete the following or anyone in your battleground?

Комментарий от DjMouseman

on 2009-05-01T15:56:49-05:00

So for "School of Hard Knocks" do you personally have to complete the following or anyone in your battleground?

They are personal achievements.

Комментарий от dumac

on 2009-05-01T16:08:18-05:00

how do you really assualt a tower in AV, did you not kill the elite inside it?

Sorry for nub question but never really understood how you captured the AV towers hehe.

Also i hate BG pvp(if you seen alliance nub pugs you will understand), so this is gonna be hell for me. Also it is personal so that is even more great, i guess i can make guild teams or pre made so we do taunt the hordes if we find some sucker team. But AV is kinda hard to do that in.

Комментарий от Mates1500

on 2009-05-01T16:21:55-05:00

Got the meta achievement today already,I am a king :D

Комментарий от smirch

on 2009-05-01T16:26:50-05:00

Assaulting a tower basically means standing by the flag inside and turning it to your faction. The good news is that people will actually be stopping and defending the towers now.

Комментарий от hezec

on 2009-05-01T17:31:04-05:00

Assaulting a tower basically means standing by the flag inside and turning it to your faction. The good news is that people will actually be stopping and defending the towers now.

Unfortunately not. Assaulting only means "opening" the flag (the annoyingly interruptable 10 sec cast); after that the game doesn't give a rat's arse about whether or not you actually capture/destroy it.

On a side note, I got my achievement today. The AV part of hard knocks was indeed a serious pain in the butt since you really only get one chance per match and if someone else gets to the flag a second before you, you're screwed. WSG will probably also be hell for most people but I got lucky and finished my achievement within 5 mins of queuing. :p